By Joanna Hughes. International students seeking to remain in the Netherlands following graduation will now have more time to apply to stay, thanks to imminent changes to the country’s Orientation Year permit. Let’s take a closer look at the updated Orientation Year visa, along with what it means for grads in the Netherlands. More...15 avril 2016
More Time for New Grads in the Netherlands?
By Joanna Hughes. International students seeking to remain in the Netherlands following graduation will now have more time to apply to stay, thanks to imminent changes to the country’s Orientation Year permit. Let’s take a closer look at the updated Orientation Year visa, along with what it means for grads in the Netherlands. More...The UK Announces Residency Requirement Changes for EU Students
By Elizabeth Koprowski. UK students who wish to apply for study support in European countries like Belgium, Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands need to have been residents for at least five years. Now, the UK is altering their residency requirements so that they match those of their European neighbors. More...Zimbabwe Will Send 20,000 Graduates to South Sudan
By Elizabeth Koprowski. Zimbabwe has one of the highest rates of literacy on the African continents, and its skilled graduate population is a major resource. The Zimbabwean government wants to give its qualified graduates the opportunity to use their talents abroad, as well as at home, and has developed a labor-export policy that has already attracted 14,000 applicants since it was launched in January. More...US Study Abroad Delegation Seeks More African Students
By Elizabeth Koprowski. The US played host to nearly one million international students last year, but only a tiny percentage of those students came from African nations. During the 2014-15 academic year, only 34,000 African students studied at American institutions. But African students are highly mobile – at least 25% of the continent's student population studies abroad. More...Africa and Germany Launch Math Collaboration
By Joanna Hughes. With an abundance of science pointing to the value of diversity to innovation, researchers in Africa and Germany are putting it to the test with the launch of a new collaborative effort aimed at advancing math toward generating solutions for the many challenges Africa faces. More...Turkey Says Merhaba to More Chinese Students
By Elizabeth Koprowski. Turkey has more than doubled the number of universities within its borders in the last decade, and the country now boasts nearly 200 universities and foundations. Alongside this rapid growth, Turkey's higher education sector has been working to attract more international students and is well on the way to achieving its goal of 100,000 overseas students by 2018. Now, Turkey is working with China to increase the number of Chinese students at Turkish universities, but the exchange is hardly one-sided. More...Higher education dishonest about job prospects
By . Higher education institutions often give prospective students too positive or even inaccurate information about the job prospects awaiting them following the completion of a study program, according to a study done by intercity student association ISO, AD reports. More...Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to collaborate in higher education
The Afghan ambassador thanked the people of Pakistan for hosting three million refugees for over three decades. He agreed that cooperation in the field of education will play a key role in bringing the government and people of the two countries more closer to each other. Both sides agreed to work on a joint mechanism to be finalised with approval of both countries. The HEC chairman also offered help to Afghanistan for improving quality of higher education, curriculum development, teacher training and other areas. More...Syrien verliert seine geistige Elite
Von Mareike Rehberg. Während die Krise um syrische Flüchtlinge Topthema auf den Konferenzen westlicher Staaten ist, spielt sich ein damit eng verbundenes Drama eher im Stillen ab: Mit den Hunderttausenden Menschen, die Syrien verlassen, verliert das Land auch seine geistige Elite. Unter den Flüchtlingen sind Professoren und Gelehrte – aber auch Studenten, die ihre Ausbildung nicht beenden können und Jahre ihres Lebens verloren haben. Mehr...Sowing the seeds of Syria’s future
By Gordon Brown. Today, almost all of those young people have been denied training in the skills they will need in the future. If there is to be any hope for meaningful reconstruction, it will have to be built on the bedrock of a higher education. More...
